Blogger's Quilt Festival - {truly} smitten

I started this one awhile back...sometime last year. I wanted to make a lap/toddler bed sized quilt for Emma. The Hunky Dory line (Chez Moi for Moda) was perfect for her quilt. The pastel pinks, blues, and greens --- so sweet!

After seeing Anna's Smitten quilt during a PMQG event, I fell in love with the pattern (by Rachel Griffith). The quilt came together so quickly and then I got stuck. I really wanted to try something different with this quilt --- a different style of free motion quilting. At the PMQG retreat in November, a few guild members offered some suggestions for quilting and an idea was born.

I stippled in the white space, out-lined the prints with straight line quilting, and added a flower in each square. I can see the progression of the free motion flowers from ehhhhh to ok, good enough. What I was going for and what I ended up with were 2 different things but I love the result.

This is one of the "better" flowers!

I backed the quilt with a pink Kona solid and used the same for the binding.

Emma's still in a crib (YAAAY!) so for now we use this quilt to cuddle with on the couch.

About Me

I'm a 30-something year old new mom whose life is far from boring right now. I work full time, chase around after a little one the rest of the time, and am fixing up a really old house.
I can't write; I certainly can't paint/draw/sculpt; and I have the worst voice ever (thanks mom!). I know this, so please don't feel as though you need to remind me. My pet peeves include bad grammar/spelling and people who for some reason cannot use a turn signal.